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Just Out Of Curiosity---What Is KMCQ doing?

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radiojjh

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Hey---I have no way to listen to this station, since the streaming is gone and they have NO website...so what is the world IS 104.5/KMCQ doing? Still classic hits/oldies OR have they transitioned into something else. Last time I heard them in the summer they musically were fun to listen to, but with their website and streaming gone...what is the frequency doing---just curious...lemme know. Love to find out!

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JJ
 
When you click on their website, it goes to Google. Odd in my book. Wonder if there is a buyer out there? But folks who have the money or credit are the evil empires...hmmmm
 
thanks...now I can find their website...YAY!!!

now about that streaming...hmmmm
 
TedAlexander said:
Check out vinylradionw.com What was the heart and soul of KMCQ is now on line. All the hits of the 60's and 70's.

Ted Alexander
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That's where all the good radio is now. Guess I need to carry my laptop in my car with me, maybe if I follow a Metro bus I can listen.
 
They have an easily-downloaded AP for most phones and tablets. Use your data plan to listen in. The sound quality is outstanding. They must have a great engineering team - it blows Q1045 (OTA and web) away!
 
IMHO---once they have internet radio access as easy to receive as FM and AM are now in cars, and let's say I could listen to KRTH out of LA coast-to-coast and 24/7 or to CBS-FM from New York....that's where local radio had really best step up to the plate with compelling programming or that will pretty much be "all she wrote." Wonder how Cheap Channel is going to handle that. With the edict being--so I've heard---of "Premium Choice" pretty much everywhere....that is a very sad state of affairs. My ol' station in Spokane KISC---a true heritage A/C station now has it's lowest #'s EVER in station history---somewhere around a "3" When i was there were rarely below a 6 and many times were double digits. That is how Spokane is responding to "Premium Choice," and I'd say in the Lilac City the welcome mat is NOT out, it's been removed and the "Vacancy" sign is also gone......it will be interesting to see how KOOL/107.1 shows with it being on the air just a short time. This could be a real David vs. Golaith story....seeing a locally owned and operated station come along and dethrone KISC as the at-work station----gonna be fun to see!!

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JJ
 
For those of you not in the biz, Ted Alexander is an engineer who works for Telos/Omnia... So his streaming station SHOULD sound good!!
 
The same engineer that took care of KMCQ is taking care of Vinylradionw.com which is a Seattle-based owned and operated streaming station. Ted Alexander provides the station with his 10000 oldies show, but does not do any engineering or technical work for VRNW (BTW He lives outside of Cleveland, Ohio)

Happy New Year Everyone
 
radiojjh said:
IMHO---once they have internet radio access as easy to receive as FM and AM are now in cars, and let's say I could listen to KRTH out of LA coast-to-coast and 24/7 or to CBS-FM from New York....that's where local radio had really best step up to the plate with compelling programming or that will pretty much be "all she wrote." Wonder how Cheap Channel is going to handle that. With the edict being--so I've heard---of "Premium Choice" pretty much everywhere....that is a very sad state of affairs. My ol' station in Spokane KISC---a true heritage A/C station now has it's lowest #'s EVER in station history---somewhere around a "3" When i was there were rarely below a 6 and many times were double digits. That is how Spokane is responding to "Premium Choice," and I'd say in the Lilac City the welcome mat is NOT out, it's been removed and the "Vacancy" sign is also gone......it will be interesting to see how KOOL/107.1 shows with it being on the air just a short time. This could be a real David vs. Golaith story....seeing a locally owned and operated station come along and dethrone KISC as the at-work station----gonna be fun to see!!

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JJ
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Well, as far as easy to operate internet radio in the car, we're ALREADY on our way there - FAST. There's already car stereos with streaming audio capability. Once the wireless networks are upgraded to near seamless coast to coast operation (we're getting closer every year, in about two years we'll probably have it.), the conglomerates had better ante up or cash in their transmitters and get the hell out.

I believe the future of web radio IS going to be personality based and LOCAL rather than generic and national. People tune in a specific local station from somewhere online to get a taste of what LOCAL radio sounds like in that area, regardless of the music format. Whether to reconnect a distant listener to home or the curious to hear what life sounds like elsewhere, this is going to be the thing that drives radio in the future and separates each station from all the cookie cutter clones. Once the dead weight of the corporate conglomerates are cleared out, you'll be surprised at how radio can THRIVE.

There are some who'll call me crazy (so what else is new?) But it makes a hell of a lot more sense than how radio is run today......
 
Bongwater that's an interesting proposition and one I wouldn't mind too much if the phone companies wouldn't charge so much for data. I do agree that they should charge extra for a data plan, but I bet I use more than 2 gb of bandwidth a month on my home computer. I will have to investigate how much I actually use, but that would be something interesting. Interesting that you mention KISC JJ, it is unbelievable how CC has screwed up there Spokane cluster. I don't know how far Minot is from you, but I would encourage you to take a drive down there one weekend and take a listen to KMXA then compare that to KISC and you will probably scratch your head in disbelief, I think KMXA sounds much better! Are you serious you can put local-sounding programming in unranked Minot ND but the stations in market #95 sound like they are fed off the bird? Makes absolutely no sense, but that's what KISC sounds like, sounds totally satilite-fed and does not have any local sound at all except for Tammy. KIXZ was set up to fail. National jocks with practically no immaging is not the way to run a station. I was rather disappointed when I stayed over there this summer that KZBD, which was running Saturday Night Online Live, had the most interesting programming on the dial on Saturday nights. Usually here if you stay up late enough, the CHr stations have some interesting mix shows.
 
My data plan with T-Mobile has a 2GB monthly cap, then gets throttled afterward. My commute is approximately 45 minutes each way Mon-Fri, and I've given up on local radio, listening instead to Internet stations (TuneIn, Amazon cloud, sometimes I Heart Radio, KISN, and now Vinyl Radio).

I have not yet reached the 2GB mark in any given month. My max has been 1.6GB, despite also using Google navigation daily.

Concerned that I must really be using more data and not wanting it to suddenly be "corrected", I asked a rep at T-Mobile and he explained that it's really only watching videos, or actual downloading, that puts a strain on data. Streaming and mapping don't really use much at all.
 
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